List of Bulgarian football champions


Bulgarian football champions mean those that won the highest league in Bulgarian football, which since 2016-2017 is the First Professional League.
The first national football competition in Bulgaria was established in 1924 by the Bulgarian National Sport Federation and was named Bulgarian State Football Championship. The championship was a knockout tournament featuring six clubs that had won six regional divisions. These divisions were round-robin tournaments that included football clubs that were founded in different geographic areas. The winners of each division were drawn in pairs at random for each of the three one-match rounds. Two of the clubs qualified directly for the second round and the other four had to play two quarter-final matches. The championship didn't finish in years 1924, 1927 and 1944 because of different reasons. At the end of the 1925 season, Vladislav Varna were the first club to be crowned champions.
The championship had many changes in its format during the years, mainly in the number of legs played in each round and the number of teams that qualified from the regional divisions. In seasons 1937–38, 1938–39 and 1939–40 the championship was reorganised to a 10 club National Football Division but it proved to be an unsuccessful decision and from season 1940–41 the division was reverted to a knockout tournament.
After 1944 it was replaced by the Republic Championship. It was organised for only four years between 1945 and 1948. The championship was a knockout tournament featuring clubs that had finished at the top of six regional divisions. These divisions were round-robin tournaments that included football clubs from different geographic areas.
CSKA Sofia have won 31 titles, the most of any club. CSKA's rivals Levski Sofia are second with 26. Ludogorets Razgrad are third; the team is currently in a streak of 9 consecutive titles, which is the first tied best in Bulgarian football. Slavia Sofia is in fourth place, with 7 titles, 6 of which came before 1945.

State Championship (1924–1944)

Republic Championship (1945–1948)

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†Double winners – i.e. League and Bulgarian Cup winners.

SeasonChampions Runner-up
1945Lokomotiv Sofia Sportist Sofia
1946Levski Sofia †Lokomotiv Sofia
1947Levski Sofia †Lokomotiv Sofia
1948CSKA Sofia Levski Sofia

A Grupa (1948–2020)

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†League champions also won the Bulgarian Cup, i.e. they completed the domestic Double.
*League champions also won the Bulgarian Cup and Bulgarian Supercup, i.e. they completed the domestic Treble.

Performances

Performance by club

ClubWinnersWinning seasons
CSKA Sofia
31
26
1948, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1966, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1975–76, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1991–92, 1996–97, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2007–08
Levski Sofia
26
32
1933, 1937, 1942, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1953, 1964–65, 1967–68, 1969–70, 1973–74, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1987–88, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2008–09
9
–
2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20
Slavia Sofia
7
10
1928, 1930, 1936, 1939, 1941, 1943, 1995–96
Lokomotiv Sofia
4
6
1939–40, 1945, 1963–64, 1977–78
Litex Lovech
4
1
1997–98, 1998–99, 2009–10, 2010–11
Vladislav Varna
3
4
1925, 1926, 1934
Botev Plovdiv
2
2
1929, 1966–67
Spartak Varna
1
2
1932
Ticha Varna
1
2
1937–38
Spartak Plovdiv
1
1
1962–63
Lokomotiv Plovdiv
1
1
2003–04
Beroe Stara Zagora
1
1
1985–86
Etar Veliko Tarnovo
1
–
1990–91
Sportklub Sofia
1
–
1935
Atletik-Slava 23
1
–
1931

Notes:
The following table lists the Bulgarian champions by cities.
City / TownTitleWinning Club
Sofia
70
CSKA, Levski, Slavia, Lokomotiv, Atletik-Slava 23, Sportklub
Razgrad
9
Ludogorets
Varna
5
Vladislav, Ticha, Spartak
Plovdiv
4
Botev, Lokomotiv, Spartak
Lovech
4
Litex
Stara Zagora
1
Beroe
Veliko Tarnovo
1
Etar

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